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US solar capacity U.S. adds more solar capacity than natural gas for first time ever
Chris Crowell
February 22, 2016
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Financing jinkosolar
JinkoSolar gives U.S. solar installers new residential financing program
February 22, 2016
News Intersolar
What are the hot topics in the solar industry right now? Intersolar 2016 has answers
February 19, 2016
News Giga Solar modules
Giga Solar’s high-efficiency lightweight modules pass mechanical stress tests
February 19, 2016
News Sun Edison
SunEdison to close, sell, refocus some facilities as part of new silicon production strategy
February 18, 2016
News Open Energy financing
Low-income Nevada elementary schools adding solar thanks to Open Energy,...

More nice solar news from Nevada: Open Energy, a commercial solar debt finance provider, closed a construction solar loan tot...

February 18, 2016
News weblog monitoring
PV system operators get precise energy regulation with WEB’log

meteocontrol North America, Inc., a subsidiary of meteocontrol GmbH and a provider of solar performance monitoring software, services and ha...

February 18, 2016
Featured 1500 volt PV system
What you need to know about 1500-volt inverters

Seems like just yesterday that large-scale PV systems moved to 1,000 Vdc in the United States, but another sea change to the 1,500-volt syst...

February 18, 2016
News Panasonic HIT panels
Panasonic’s new residential PV modules achieve 36 percent higher yield

  Panasonic Eco Solutions North America is launching its most innovative and efficient solar panels yet, PV module HIT N330 and N3...

February 17, 2016
News Texas solar array
Details on the Texas’ Solar Club 60 program

Texas homeowners now can get the benefits of a virtual rooftop solar array, including a low, fixed electricity price, for five years with TX...

February 17, 2016
Batteries Solar City
SolarCity readies solar+storage system for Kaua’i Island Utility Cooperative

SolarCity is going to install a first-of-its-kind solar array and energy storage system for Kaua’i Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC). ...

February 17, 2016
News sunpower
SunPower dedicates 15-MW PV system at Nellis Air Force Base

Some solar companies are still able to find work in Nevada. SunPower Corp. joined NV Energy, U.S. Senator Harry Reid, Assistant Secretary of...

February 17, 2016
News Optiwave - Banyan Energy
New Optiwave technology could lower manufacturing costs of PV modules

A new optics-based solar technology platform from Banyan Energy offers manufacturers, developers and systems integrators an accelerated...

February 16, 2016
News Revolve Solar
Revolve Solar works on largest solar system for Pedernales Electric...

Created in 2000 to develop technology solutions for the homebuilding industry, Austin-based Builder Homesite, Inc. will soon be the site of ...

February 16, 2016
News solar net metering
Solar vs. the state: Net metering, rate battles are heating...

The extension of the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) got the big headlines, but the net metering and rate decisions being made around the countr...

February 16, 2016
News Exosun_ExotrackHZ_solar_trackers_SaintRestitut
Exosun to equip two new solar plants in France

Exosun, a supplier of cost-effective solar tracking solutions for ground-mounted photovoltaic plants, will equip two new plants of the ...

February 15, 2016
News Calipatria
Solar Frontier’s 20-MW Calipatria solar plant sold to Southern Power,...

Solar Frontier Americas sold the 20 MW Calipatria solar power generation plant in Imperial County, Calif., to Southern Power and Turner Rene...

February 15, 2016
News New Hampshire net metering
New Hampshire sees politicians, businesses rally for higher net metering...

Last week, a bi-partisan group of elected leaders from around New Hampshire, including Representatives, Senators and local executive officia...

February 15, 2016
News Nevada solar rates
Nevada PUC votes for slower phase-in of higher rates, pleasing...

The rate issues in Nevada didn’t improve for the solar industry as the Public Utilities Commission voted to keep the new higher r...

February 15, 2016
Mounting Guide Roof Tech
Brown Electric builds solar install business with Roof Tech system

Jamie Brown had been doing basic electrical work for many years until 2007 when one day a customer needed someone to install a PV system on ...

February 12, 2016